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Title: Conan-related games?
Post by: Gryzor on 09:15, 04 February 14

So, last night I was asked on Twitter, what are any Conan-like games for the CPC?

Great question. I could only think of Barbarian, which is strange given the easy and popular premise. Am I forgetting something?

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: Bryce on 09:22, 04 February 14

Barbarian II ? :)

Bryce.

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: Gryzor on 09:26, 04 February 14

Haha yeah, that was my second guess, too :D

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: cngsoft on 09:33, 04 February 14

Taito's Rastan and Psygnosis' Hegor the Barbarian come to mind.

Several text adventures might qualify as sword-and-sorcery stories, too.

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: Gryzor on 09:39, 04 February 14

Ahhh yes, Psygnosis' Barbarian, was trying to remember the title (duh). Completely forgot about Rastan though!

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: ervin on 12:35, 04 February 14

The mighty Targhan!
http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2177 (http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2177)

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: sigh on 13:06, 04 February 14

Golden Axe

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: 6128 on 15:02, 04 February 14

The Prayer of the Warrior:

http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=375 (http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=375)

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: Cholo on 15:23, 04 February 14

Savage perhaps? The cover and part 3 does feel very Conan.

Always felt that Rygar, Black Tiger, Beyond the Icepalace, He-Man & Thundercats was kinda all borrowing from Conan.

Of cause MYTH History in the Making actually is Conan on the NES. Probably ported over the C64 version as i heard they have compatible hardware & just changed the main sprite. Didnt even bother remapping the keys, so the poor NES players has been complaining ever since about the odd controls (down to jump up etc). Also "why is the first stage so complex & cryptic" .. well, who knows ;)

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: MacDeath on 20:51, 04 February 14

Why no one ported this one :
Amiga Longplay Sword of Sodan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sMJq_Xxnjc#)

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: TFM on 21:28, 05 February 14

And also Fighting Warrior...

Fighting Warrior Review for the Amstrad CPC by John Gage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkLNUUB1S8#)

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: Misel982001 on 10:20, 10 March 14

You forgot Golden Axe !

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: robcfg on 12:23, 10 March 14

Maybe The Prayer of the Warrior?

The Prayer of the Warrior Amstrad cpc HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re1S66Pdr_s#ws)

I know it wasn't released in the eighties/nineties, but still pretty much Conan-like! ;D

Title: Re: Conan-related games?
Post by: Carnivius on 18:37, 10 March 14

Quote from: robcfg on 12:23, 10 March 14
Maybe The Prayer of the Warrior?

I've not seen this one before. I'm not a huge fan of Mode 1 graphics but this looks well done and I'd quite like to play it.

The already mentioned Barbarian games, Rastan and Golden Axe were what I tended to play after watching the old Arnie Conan films. Particularly during Barbarian 2 I would try to imitate Arnie's voice and shout things like "CROM!" when getting annoyed or killed a lot in it. Which happened quite a lot. :P

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